PRESS RELEASE
The Genocide Education Project
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Contact: Raffi Momjian
SAN FRANCISCO TEACHERS ATTEND WORKSHOP ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, — The Genocide Education Project conducted a
workshop for teachers from San Francisco’s public high schools and
Northern California’s only Armenian-American day school, KZV School. The
course, entitled The Fundamentals of Genocide and the Armenian Case,
held on the KZV campus, is part of an effort to support California’s
state law requiring public schools teach about the Armenian Genocide.
The presence of both public school teachers and Armenian-American school
teachers provided a platform for valuable discussions regarding
approaches and methods for teaching the Armenian Genocide. "It was a
unique dialogue that was very productive" stated Raffi Momjian,
Executive Director of The Genocide Education Project. "Discussions
between these professional groups allow a better understanding of the
value of teaching this important topic."
Sara Cohan, Education Director for The Genocide Education Project,
introduced workshop participants to a variety of teaching materials
including lesson plans, historical documents, video and web-based
approaches to engaging students in the study of genocide and the
Armenian Case. They also studied the Armenian Genocide as an archetype
for other incidents of genocide carried out in the 20th Century.
Educators had an opportunity to share ideas on why and how to teach
about the Armenian Genocide.
All who attended received free lesson plans and other classroom
resources including: Human Rights and Genocide: Case Study of the First
Genocide of the 20th Century: Lesson Plans published by The Genocide
Education Project and a DVD containing a 5-min ABC News story on the
Armenian Genocide.
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The Genocide Education Project is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3)
organization that assists educators in teaching about human rights and
genocide, particularly the Armenian Genocide, by developing and
distributing instructional materials, providing access to teaching
resources and organizing educational workshops.